Written answers
Tuesday, 14 May 2013
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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534. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the expected total expenditure under the agri-environment schemes under the common agriculture policy programme 2007-2013; the percentage of this that will be co-funded by the Exchequer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22538/13]
Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Expenditure on agri - environment schemes over the period 2007 to 2013 is estimated at €2.015 billion, details as follows: -
- | REPs | AEOS | Total |
---|---|---|---|
- | €m. | €m. | €m. |
2007 | 311.750 | - | 311.750 |
2008 | 312.080 | - | 312.080 |
2009 | 341.123 | - | 341.123 |
2010 | 321.864 | - | 321.864 |
2011 | 260.952 | 14.107 | 275.059 |
2012 | 198.266 | 54.947 | 253.213 |
2013 estimated | 148.575 | 51.800 | 200.375 |
Estimated Total 2007 to 2013 | 1,894.610 | 120.854 | 2,015.464 |
When EU co funding is taken into account, the net Exchequer cost of funding eligible expenditure on REPs and AEOS agri environment measures is, subject to EU funding limitations, 45% and 25% respectively.
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